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Type 1 Diabetes Halted In Lab Mice
New York City - Reasearchers in the US were able to halt type 1 diabetes in lab mice by restoring a critical class of T cells to their normal balance. Rockefeller University researchers may have made the first step that could lead to prevention of Type 1 diabetes in humans.
Scientists used immune system cells to stimulate increased numbers of suppressor T cells, which turn off the body's immune response, the research team rescued mice from the destruction of their pancreatic islet cells that causes Type 1 diabetes.